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BY JUSTIN RAY
Follow the countdown and launch of the ULA Delta 2 rocket with a GPS navigation spacecraft. Reload this page for the very latest on the mission.

Ares patchThe Ares Project will develop two new rockets to launch astronauts back to the Moon under NASA's Vision for Exploration. The Ares 1 will employ a single space shuttle solid rocket booster to loft the Orion crew capsule. The gigantic Ares 5 will haul the equipment and cargo needed for such lunar voyages. This is the Ares emblem.Choose your store:U.S. - U.K.

Project OrionThe Orion crew exploration vehicle is NASA's first new human spacecraft developed since the space shuttle a quarter-century earlier. The capsule is one of the key elements of returning astronauts to the Moon.Choose your store:U.S.